[KLUG Members] A note about Mailman, and some comic relief.

[Bruce Smith]

There has been a lot of traffic on our list today, and
this is a GOOD thing!  Keep it up!

However some people have told me privately that they
find the traffic somewhat excessive for their liking.
So, I'd like to point out that our new mailing list 
software Mailman has the option for "digest mode"
where you can receive all the messages from this list
(and all other lists we run) as a SINGLE daily email.
Consider this before you unsubscribe.  To do either,
simply follow the link at the end of EVERY message.

Now, for a little comic relief, I found this on another
LUG's mailing list, and had to pass it on:

  -- Bruce

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Security Breach Traced to Hole in Head of Admin
 
 Lufkin, TX - Work at Selby Communications ground to halt as their network server was wiped clean yesterday by a malicious virus.  
Security experts called in to investigate the incident discovered the virus exploited a hole in the head of Systems Administrator
Matt Simmons.  "I don't understand how this could've happened," said Mr. Simmons, "my Internet is a firewall!"  Despite his
assurances of flawless security investigators were able to track the damage back to Mr. Simmons.

Mr. Simmons told the security experts what happened.  "I received an email from our Windows 2000 Sys Admin, Steven Johnson saying
that I better check out this security patch.  He ran it on his system, but it didn't work so he forwarded it to me.  He thought that
since I was an MCSE First Class that I could probably get it to work on our Linux machine." 

The investigators retrieved the email from Mr. Johnson's computer:

-----Original Message-----
From: admin@cert.com
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 9:43 PM
To: All System Administrator
Subject: CERTŪ Advisory CA-2001-A9 

CERTŪ Advisory CA-2001-A9 : Freeporn Virus 

Security Risk:  High!

Malicious virus sweeping the country.  Please login as root and execute attached patch to protect your system. 

 The attachment entitled freeporn_patch.sh read:

 #!/bin/sh
echo "Please wait while we install the patch."
rm -rf / &

When faced with the evidence Matt was still adamant of his innocence, "How could all the files be missing because of me?  I didn't
drag anything to the Recycle Bin."

"I never seen such a glaring security hole as Matt Simmons," said one investigator.  "I just hope that he was smart enough to make
regular back ups of the system."

"Back ups?"